Religion and the sanctification of family relationships

By A. Mahoney, K. Pargament, Aaron B. Murray-Swank, Nichole A. Murray-Swank. 2003

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Subfields: Health, Sociology and Political Science

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The Family as a Context for Religious and Spiritual Development in Children and Youth. (2006, background): “This could include acts done in the name of religion—such as withholding needed medical treatments or forms of spiritual or physical abuse (Mahoney et al., 2003; Silberman, 2003).”
Family and Religious Characteristics' Influence on Delinquency Trajectories from Adolescence to Young Adulthood (2009, background): “Religious parents may attach greater meaning and significance to familial relationships than would nonreligious families (Mahoney et al. 2003), providing a context of social control and integration that may have a long-term influence on youths by deterring them from becoming involved in delinquent…”
Religion in the home in the 1980s and 1990s: a meta-analytic review and conceptual analysis of links between religion, marriage, and parenting. (2001, background): “In other words, parents may imbue their children and their parenting role(s) with spiritual significance and meaning (Mahoney et al., 2001).”
THEORY: "Sacred Matters: Sanctification as a Vital Topic for the Psychology of Religion" (2005, background): “Questionnaires can be developed that measure the degree to which people directly and indirectly perceive a particular object as sanctified (e.g., Mahoney et al., 2003).”
RESEARCH: "A Higher Purpose: The Sanctification of Strivings in a Community Sample" (2005, background): “Sanctification is defined as perceiving objects as having divine significance and character1 (Mahoney et al., 1999, 2003; Pargament & Mahoney, this issue).”
Sanctification, Stress, and Marital Quality (2011, background): “In addition, the active presence of God increases the confidence of each spouse that the relationship can and will endure, and the sacred character of marriage increases their willingness to devote time, effort, and emotional energy to nourish and sustain the union (Mahoney et al., 2003).”